Arbitration -- Award Passed Without Valid Arbitration Agreement Is Non-Est in Law -- Participation Under Compulsion Does Not Cure Jurisdictional Defect
Where no arbitration agreement exists between parties, an arbitrator lacks inherent jurisdiction and any award passed is non-est in law. Participation by a party in arbitration proceedings unilaterally imposed without its consent does not amount to estoppel, nor does it confer jurisdiction upon the arbitrator. The principle of coram non judice renders such proceedings a nullity ab initio.
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